EMC History Of Medicine

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Ancient Egyptians 

  • patient dies/physician executed

  • poor sanitation practices

  • Imhotep considered to be the first physician

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Ancient Greeks

  • Hippocrates--”Father of Medicine” / Hippocratic Oath

  • Aristotle--anatomy

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William Harvey

  • Made contributions to A&P

  • First person to correctly describe blood circulation

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Joseph Lister

medical asepsis (sterilization)

antiseptic/sterile surgery; bad air not responsible for disease

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Clara Barton

  • Civil War Nurse

  • Founded the American Red Cross

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Florence Nightingale

Founder of modern nursing

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Ignaz Semmelweis

”Savior of Mothers” saved many babies from puerperal (“childbed”) fever by suggesting hand washing between patients

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Louis Pasteur

germs cause disease;discouraged spread of disease in hospitals

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Elizabeth Blackwell

  • British physician

  • First woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.

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Albert Sabin & Jonas Sal

  • Created polio vaccine